Evening News - 07 April, 2020
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Assam police has launched tele-counseling helpline numbers to deal with mental stress amid lockdown, which has been imposed to deal with coronavirus pandemic. The helplines will operate from 9 am to 3 pm.

The 23-year-old woman from Manipur who tested positive for COVID-19 on March 23 has now recovered. With this she becomes the first patient from the North East to have recovered fully.

Manipur government has decided to transfer a financial assistance of Rs.2000 from the CM's COVID-19 RELIEF FUND to the Bank accounts of each person who are stranded outside the State during the lockdown.

Yumnan Devjit, a man in Manipur has been booked under relevant sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, after an audio clip emerged where he was heard urging people to not participate in PM Modi’s 9 min 9 pm call citing power failure.

Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Golay took a stock of situation amid lockdown in a high-level meeting where he instructed ministers that relief work during the crisis should be carried out with efficiency. Also essential commodities and food items should reach people within the next 48 hours.He said that relief materials should be distributed through tokens issued by the district collectors and there should not be overcrowding at all.

Meghalaya government has said that it is going to relax lockdown restrictions from April 15 onwards. Government offices will start to function. Vehicles will be allowed on the road. Agricultural activities will resume. However, private business places will remain shut. Additionally, Rs 700 will be paid to daily wage earners who were unemployed during the time the lockdown was in place. The state has not reported any coronavirus positive case so far.

4 more Markaz attendees who belong to Tripura have tested positive for coronavirus at UP. “All of them had attended the congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz on March 21. Among the eight persons, two tested positive in Delhi, four in Uttar Pradesh and two in Rajasthan’s Bikaner. None of them returned to the state after attending the congregation,” informed state nodal officer for COVID-19, Dr Deep Kumar Debbarma.

Educational institutions in Meghalaya will stay shut until April 30. Deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong told reporters after attending a cabinet meeting. The situation will be reviewed and decisions will be taken accordingly.

Police is yet to trace a youngster from Arunachal Pradesh reportedly abducted by China's People's Liberation Army on March 19 from Asapila sector. According to reports, Togley Singkam along with two of his friends had gone fishing.

Parts of north east India are expected to experience fresh rainfall, thunderstorms and strong winds  between April 8 and 9. An orange alert has been issued on this front.

Nagaland government while issuing a slight modification to the lockdown has informed that grocery shops, bakeries, vegetable vendors, pharmacies as well as shops selling essential commodities are permitted to open only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Only one member of each family will be allowed to venture out. Only pharmacies will also stay open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Movement of vehicles will be restricted.

People in MP’s Morena area defied lockdown and attended a Shraddh ceremony that has now caused panic in the area. 12 people who have attended the ceremony tested positive for coronavirus and 800 people have been quarantined.  The ceremony was organised by a man who had just returned from Dubai.